They have been having trouble recently in my little town with our water mains. For several days we have been under a Water Boil Alert.
For the record...this is not the reason for my rant.
Water Boil is (at best) one of those inconveniences that us First World Denizens only notice when it becomes one.
Which was the catalyst for this rant....and several to follow, unfortunately.
You see, on one of the same days we were advised that we needed to take the boil precaution I overheard a couple talking about the "damned guv'mint" in their lives...and how much BETTER OFF we would all be if they dismantled the FDA and EPA.
(...here it goes, people...)
"Are you EFFING kidding me?????????????"
As a Nation a lot of us have become such spoiled, pathetic, entitled, brats that we take for granted WHY we can turn on the tap and have an endless supply of safe, clear, drinking water. And we take for granted the agencies that watchdog this for us as well. So that WHEN chlorine levels drop or contaminates are noted or water lines are open...we are alerted to Boil Orders. And make no mistake...you STILL have the constitutionally protected right to be as stupid as you want to be. You can ignore the Boil Order. Nobody is jack-booting inside your house and making sure you actually do take these precautions. Feel free to spend as much time in the bathroom or ER as you like.
I, for one, am extremely happy that we have agencies in place to make sure our water is potable. That our food isn't contaminated...and if/when it is...that it is pulled from our shelves and we are told about it. That our prescription and OTC drugs are tested and safe.
(sarcasm font) Yes...those EPA and FDA are a scheming lot, aren't they?
But wait...there is more...
Two men discussing Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders exclaiming
"Yeah...the man is crazy. Damned Socialist. Telling people that they can have FREE STUFF. That is all "those people" care about. Getting stuff for free and not having to work for it. That doesn't work."
"ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME?"
First of all- those people?
SERIOUSLY???
You mean like the REST of us tax-paying citizens? Those of us who would rather our taxes be spent on frivolous shit like OUR healthcare and OUR infrastructure and generally the betterment of OUR lives?
Instead of another Congressional Junket where several members are snorting cocaine off a Brazilian Hooker's Ass.
Those people?
And you only have to look at the amount they take from your check in taxes every week to see that NOBODY is asking for FREE STUFF, okay?
And the whole- That Doesn't Work
When applied to Healthcare or College and such.
Well...let's not share that news with the UK, or Canada or Sweden, or Finland, or Norway...France or Germany...or any of the other Countries around the Globe that have been living this way happily and successfully for a long long time.
We will keep it your little secret, m'kay?
And "The Stupid" isn't limited to political situations either...in fact some of it has been precariously close-to-home.
I give you the Ultimate Catch 22.
MOM: "I am NEVER going to let him see his kids again"
SAME MOM LATER: "You Piece of SHIT...You NEVER spent time with your kids! "
"ARE YOU EFFING KIDDING ME?"
And this works well alongside
Unemployed Dad (through no fault of his own) = Goddamned Deadbeat Dad.
Same Employed Dad Who Gets His Child Support Caught Up (who has to work on the day of a school function)= You Piece of Shit...You just don't CARE.
(and making sure to tell her children how much their father doesn't care)
WTF?
Sensing that "can't win...draw...or break even" groove here?
Woman parsing their small children out as though they are tiny little packages they own. Destroying their children's mental health and feelings of love and security because of their own overwhelming anger, immaturity, or sense of entitlement.
Good luck with that by the time they are teenagers, okay?
Miz Cleo predicts it will bite you in the ass in a big way.
And it should.
So anyway, it seems "the stupid" has been unusually strong this week.
Going to meditate and find Center again.
I seem to have lost my Zen momentarily.
Ah...there it is...
